Community Calendar

This month, we’ll discuss the non-fiction book “The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe” by Kate Strasdin.

About “The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe”:

In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments - some her own, others donated by family and friends - she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of their lives. Her name was Mrs Anne Sykes.

Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands of Kate Strasdin, a fashion historian and museum curator. Using her expertise, Strasdin spent the next six years unravelling the secrets contained within the album's pages, and the lives of the people within. Her findings are remarkable. Piece by piece, she charts Anne's journey from the mills of Lancashire to the port of Singapore before tracing her return to England in later years. Fragments of cloth become windows into Victorian life: pirates in Borneo, the complicated etiquette of mourning, poisonous dyes, the British Empire in full swing, rioting over working conditions and the terrible human cost of Britain's cotton industry. This is life writing that celebrates ordinary people: not the grandees of traditional written histories, but the hidden figures, the participants in everyday life. Through the evidence of waistcoats, ball gowns and mourning outfits, Strasdin lays bare the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes we choose to wear.

Program for ages 18+.

To receive a Zoom invitation, contact Eunice at 573-243-8141 or eschlichting@rrlmo.org.

The Crisp Museum will host a Large Market Basket Making class on July 29 and 30.

The class will be led by Laura Klaus, who has over 30 years’ experience as a weaver. Attendees will make a large basket perfect for the farmer’s market. There is a fee to attend. Please register by July 22.

The basket making class will take place on Tuesday, July 29, and Wednesday, July 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Crisp Museum on Southeast’s River Campus. 

For more information on the class, visit Education | SEMO.

To register, visit Crisp Museum.

The Saint Francis Auxiliary will help area children get ready for school with a “Back to School Supply Drive” from July 30-August 7.

Community members can drop off school supplies at marked donation barrels throughout Saint Francis Medical Center and offsite Saint Francis locations.

The “Back to School Supply Drive” will take place Wednesday, July 30, through Thursday, August 7.

Traditional school supplies are needed and include:

• two-pocket folders
• pencil sharpeners (small, handheld)
• backpacks
• scissors
• markers
• crayons
• #2 lead pencils
• wide-ruled notebooks
• pencil tip erasers
• glue sticks
• colored pencils
• black and red ink pens
• index cards
• hand sanitizer
• Clorox wipes
• quart sandwich bags
• gallon zipper bags

The Crisp Museum will host a Large Market Basket Making class on July 29 and 30.

The class will be led by Laura Klaus, who has over 30 years’ experience as a weaver. Attendees will make a large basket perfect for the farmer’s market. There is a fee to attend. Please register by July 22.

The basket making class will take place on Tuesday, July 29, and Wednesday, July 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Crisp Museum on Southeast’s River Campus. 

For more information on the class, visit Education | SEMO.

To register, visit Crisp Museum.

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band’s next concert will be July 30.

The free concert will take place Wednesday, July 30, at 7:00 p.m. at the Dan Cotner Amphitheater in Capaha Park.

Be sure to bring your blankets or lawn chairs.

The Saint Francis Auxiliary will help area children get ready for school with a “Back to School Supply Drive” from July 30-August 7.

Community members can drop off school supplies at marked donation barrels throughout Saint Francis Medical Center and offsite Saint Francis locations.

The “Back to School Supply Drive” will take place Wednesday, July 30, through Thursday, August 7.

Traditional school supplies are needed and include:

• two-pocket folders
• pencil sharpeners (small, handheld)
• backpacks
• scissors
• markers
• crayons
• #2 lead pencils
• wide-ruled notebooks
• pencil tip erasers
• glue sticks
• colored pencils
• black and red ink pens
• index cards
• hand sanitizer
• Clorox wipes
• quart sandwich bags
• gallon zipper bags

The Saint Francis Auxiliary will help area children get ready for school with a “Back to School Supply Drive” from July 30-August 7.

Community members can drop off school supplies at marked donation barrels throughout Saint Francis Medical Center and offsite Saint Francis locations.

The “Back to School Supply Drive” will take place Wednesday, July 30, through Thursday, August 7.

Traditional school supplies are needed and include:

• two-pocket folders
• pencil sharpeners (small, handheld)
• backpacks
• scissors
• markers
• crayons
• #2 lead pencils
• wide-ruled notebooks
• pencil tip erasers
• glue sticks
• colored pencils
• black and red ink pens
• index cards
• hand sanitizer
• Clorox wipes
• quart sandwich bags
• gallon zipper bags

Old Town Cape’s free concert series Tunes at Twilight will welcome Lucas Wayne and The Cottonmouths on August 1.

Lucas Wayne is a singer-songwriter from Southern Illinois. He writes songs of sorrow and silliness and always says it plain and simple.

You can hear Lucas Wayne and The Cottonmouths at Tunes at Twilight at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 1, at Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau. Be sure to bring your blanket or lawn chair.

The Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department will host Riverfront Yoga each Saturday through September 27.

Fitness instructors will lead a yoga flow built for all levels and ages. No experience is required, and modifications will be offered. Attendees should bring a towel, a mat, and water.

Riverfront Yoga will take place this Saturday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at Riverfront Park in downtown Cape. No registration is required, but there is a small fee of $4 to attend.

Cape Riverfront Yoga | Facebook

The Saint Francis Auxiliary will help area children get ready for school with a “Back to School Supply Drive” from July 30-August 7.

Community members can drop off school supplies at marked donation barrels throughout Saint Francis Medical Center and offsite Saint Francis locations.

The “Back to School Supply Drive” will take place Wednesday, July 30, through Thursday, August 7.

Traditional school supplies are needed and include:

• two-pocket folders
• pencil sharpeners (small, handheld)
• backpacks
• scissors
• markers
• crayons
• #2 lead pencils
• wide-ruled notebooks
• pencil tip erasers
• glue sticks
• colored pencils
• black and red ink pens
• index cards
• hand sanitizer
• Clorox wipes
• quart sandwich bags
• gallon zipper bags